Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 68 pages long containing the fifth semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1906. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its fifth...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 21 pages long containing the annual report of the Burnt District Commission for the six months ending March 11, 1906. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its...
Fire resistant materials; Fireproofing; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Document 130 pages long that contains the report of the Committee on Fire-Resistive Construction of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Established in 1896, the NFPA publishes fire and building safety standards designed to help reduce...
Fire resistant materials; Fireproofing; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Magazine 88 pages long that contains an editorial and four articles about the Baltimore fire of February 7and 8, 1904. This March 1904 issue focuses on the aftermath of the fire, what lessons were learned, and how the fireproofing technology of the...
World War, 1939-1945; Civil Defense; Air raid wardens
Booklet dating from January 1943 titled "A Handbook for Air Raid Wardens," which was one of a series of handbooks published by the United States Office of Civilian defense instructing civil defense workers in their duties. The handbook includes...
Midnight Lunch Committee (Baltimore, Md.); World War, 1939-1945--War Work--Maryland;
Dedication program to participants of the Midnight Lunch Committee. The program was held on Oct. 28, 1943 at the Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. The Midnight Lunch Committee, formed in January 1942, was comprised of volunteers from...
Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Land titles; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Neilson, 1809-1884; Travel;
In this letter dated February 19, 1861 and written from Alexandria, Virginia, Maria Clemm again raises the issue with Neilson Poe of the sale of the land warrant inherited from her late husband. She is anxious to sell it and, having found someone...
Ellet, E. F. (Elizabeth Fries), 1818-1877; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Richmond, Nancy Heywood, 1820-1898;
In this letter dated January 7, 1864 and written from New York City, Elizabeth Fries Ellet mentions briefly her trip to Europe to Annie (Nancy Heywood) Richmond. Apparently responding to a request from Mrs. Richmond for a photograph, Mrs. Ellet...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 7 pages long containing the annual report of the Burnt District Commission for the six months ending March 11, 1907. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its sixth...
World War, 1939-1945; Savings bonds; Nash, Ogden, 1902-1971; Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957; Sapieha, Virgilia, 1904-1966;
Advertisement for a war bond rally held at Maryland Casualty Auditorium in Baltimore, MD on December 14, 1943. Speakers included authors Ogden Nash (as Master of Ceremonies), Christopher Morley, and Princess Paul Sapieha.
Advertisement for the Food Stamp Plan dating from 1941. The advertisement explains that the Food Stamp Plan, operated by the United States Dept. of Agriculture in conjunction with local agencies and businesses, distributes surplus farm and food...
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965. Speeches. Selections; War posters, British; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Great Britain;
Black and white poster created from excerpts of a speech delivered before the House of Commons by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on June 4, 1940 that begins with these words: "We shall not flag nor fail." At the top center is letterhead...
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Caricatures and cartoons; Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945--Caricatures and cartoons; Tōjō, Hideki, 1884-1948--Caricatures and cartoons; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War,...
Black and white poster showing a United States war worker's large black boot with the words "your production" on the sole about to crush caricatures of Benito Mussolini, Hideki Tōjō, and Adolf Hitler, respectively, trying to flee, with the...
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects; Rationing; Tokens;
Blue one point ration token issued by the Office of Price Administration. The token has "OPA" and the words "BLUE" and "POINT" stamped around the edge. In the center is the number "1." On either side of the "1," though barely visible, is the letter...
Chromolithography--19th century; Illustration of books--United States--19th century; Indians of North America--West (U.S.)--Pictorial works; Lithography, American--19th century;
Chromolithograph, untitled here but in a later edition titled Awaiting the return of Mr. Tinkham, by Julius Bien after an illustration by John Mix Stanley from the book titled Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable...
Advertising--Tobacco--United States; August Mencken and Brother; Cigar industry--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Vienna International Exhibition (1873); Women in advertising--United States;
Color advertisement for "Marguerite" cigars printed by Geo. S. Harris and Sons of Philadelphia for H. L. Mencken's father's business, August Mencken and Brother, manufacturers of fine cigars. On the right sitting on a cloak covering a rock is a...
Advertising--Tobacco--United States; Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--American; August Mencken and Brother; Cigar industry--United States; De Long, George W. (George Washington), 1844-1881; Jeannette (Ship); Jeannette Expedition...
Color advertisement for Jeannette cigars printed for H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's father's business, August Mencken and Brother, manufacturers of fine cigars. This advertisement depicts scenes of the 1879-1881 Jeannette Expedition to the North...
American Red Cross; War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster by A.T.F. that shows a Red Cross nurse escorting a young boy and girl away from a bombed-out house, with the words "the Queen of Belgium appealed to the Red Cross to aid in saving the children" appearing next to the image in the top...
Flags; Food conservation--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Adolph Treidler (1886-1981) that shows the flags of some of the allied powers of World War I. Most prominent are the flags of the United States and Great Britain. The entire caption for this poster reads as follows: "Our flags beat...
